new book: John Paul II used to whip himself to bring himself closer to God

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If he wanted to bring himself closer to God maybe he should have dealt with the rampant clerical abuse that he received reports of, rather than as he did largely ignoring it!

"But it wasn't limited to this. As some members of his close entourage in Poland and in the Vatican were able to hear with their own ears, John Paul flagellated himself. In his armoire, amid all the vestments and hanging on a hanger, was a belt which he used as a whip and which he always brought to Castel Gandolfo," the papal retreat where John Paul vacationed each summer.

Conspiracy theory rubbish. The writer is just out to improve his bank balance, Other conspiracy theories put foward by various scibblers down the years, e.g. De Velera was a British spy, John Lennon was shot by the CIA etc, etc, etc

Conspiracy theory rubbish. The writer is just out to improve his bank balance, Other conspiracy theories put foward by various scibblers down the years, e.g. De Velera was a British spy, John Lennon was shot by the CIA etc, etc, etc

I don't think so, the book is being published by the Vatican to push for JPII to made a saint:

The book – Why He Is a Saint: the Real John Paul II – has been written by Monsignor Slawomir Oder, the Vatican official in charge of the process that could lead to sainthood for the late pontiff.

Kinky! But, whatever got him off, I suppose . Pity the habit didn't catch on lower down the clerical food chain; if it had, the priests and religious who beat, whipped and buggered children could have "gotten closer to God" by whipping and shagging themselves rather than children.